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KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry (2)

Status: upstream: reported C repro on 2025/01/19 16:52
Reported-by: syzbot+5ba45d89d357ee2e3c8c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 237d, last: 9d19h
Similar bugs (12)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry (3) ext4 19 C inconclusive done 6 190d 342d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/16 07:57
linux-4.14 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry 19 C inconclusive 6 1816d 1920d 0/1 upstream: reported C repro on 2020/06/12 02:23
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry (2) ext4 19 C error 1 477d 487d 0/29 closed as dup on 2024/06/26 08:39
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry (2) origin:lts 19 C 5 29d 157d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/04/09 15:24
linux-5.15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry origin:upstream 19 C error 10 32d 468d 0/3 upstream: reported C repro on 2024/06/03 01:15
android-5-15 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry missing-backport origin:upstream 19 C error 4 319d 442d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/02/07 07:57
upstream KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry ext4 19 C 8 2720d 2723d 22/29 closed as dup on 2018/03/31 22:38
android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry 19 C error 2 373d 492d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/26 18:56
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry missing-backport origin:upstream 19 C error 4 366d 490d 0/2 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/12/21 14:06
linux-6.1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry 19 15 431d 468d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/09/17 20:54
android-6-1 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry (2) origin:lts 19 C 3 12d 161d 0/2 upstream: reported C repro on 2025/04/05 13:22
upstream KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry ext4 19 syz error 1 62d 75d 0/29 upstream: reported syz repro on 2025/06/30 17:28
Last patch testing requests (10)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/09/03 06:05 14m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/08/16 19:43 13m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/07/26 07:18 6m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/06/26 17:49 10m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/06/26 17:49 17m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/06/26 17:49 9m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/06/07 13:38 6m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/05/15 03:33 9m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/04/16 14:55 1h30m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
2025/04/16 14:55 7m retest repro android13-5.10-lts report log
Fix bisection attempts (1)
Created Duration User Patch Repo Result
2025/03/05 14:18 1h47m bisect fix android13-5.10-lts OK (0) job log log

Sample crash report:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __ext4_check_dir_entry+0x7c2/0x970 fs/ext4/dir.c:85
Read of size 2 at addr ffff8881119c5003 by task syz.0.17/427

CPU: 1 PID: 427 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/14/2025
Call Trace:
 __dump_stack+0x21/0x24 lib/dump_stack.c:77
 dump_stack_lvl+0x169/0x1d8 lib/dump_stack.c:118
 print_address_description+0x7f/0x2c0 mm/kasan/report.c:248
 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:435 [inline]
 kasan_report+0xe2/0x130 mm/kasan/report.c:452
 __asan_report_load2_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:307
 __ext4_check_dir_entry+0x7c2/0x970 fs/ext4/dir.c:85
 ext4_readdir+0x11ca/0x39b0 fs/ext4/dir.c:261
 iterate_dir+0x260/0x570 fs/readdir.c:-1
 __do_sys_getdents64 fs/readdir.c:369 [inline]
 __se_sys_getdents64+0xe5/0x240 fs/readdir.c:354
 __x64_sys_getdents64+0x7b/0x90 fs/readdir.c:354
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb
RIP: 0033:0x7f2434977be9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffe08883718 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000d9
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f2434baefa0 RCX: 00007f2434977be9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f24349fae19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f2434baefa0 R14: 00007f2434baefa0 R15: 0000000000000003

Allocated by task 356:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
 set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:430 [inline]
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0xbd/0xf0 mm/kasan/common.c:463
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:244 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x5d/0x2f0 mm/slab.h:580
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2947 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2955 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x165/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:2960
 kmem_cache_alloc_node include/linux/slab.h:423 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x9e/0x520 net/core/skbuff.c:200
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1126 [inline]
 nlmsg_new include/net/netlink.h:953 [inline]
 rtmsg_fib+0x60a/0xd90 net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c:522
 fib_table_insert+0xac2/0x1bb0 net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1335
 fib_magic net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:1107 [inline]
 fib_add_ifaddr+0xb18/0xed0 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:1153
 fib_netdev_event+0x231/0x5d0 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:1491
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0x90/0x100 kernel/notifier.c:410
 call_netdevice_notifiers_info net/core/dev.c:2054 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2066 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2080 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x28f/0x500 net/core/dev.c:-1
 dev_change_flags+0xe8/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8610
 do_setlink+0xbb4/0x3ab0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:2732
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3410 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x1292/0x1640 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3530
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x9db/0xb90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5610
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e0/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2503
 rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5628
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1314 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x876/0xa40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1340
 netlink_sendmsg+0x88d/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1914
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:664 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x41d/0x580 net/socket.c:2006
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2018 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2014 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe5/0x100 net/socket.c:2014
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

Freed by task 356:
 kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:38 [inline]
 kasan_set_track+0x4a/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:45
 kasan_set_free_info+0x23/0x40 mm/kasan/generic.c:370
 ____kasan_slab_free+0x125/0x160 mm/kasan/common.c:362
 __kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x20 mm/kasan/common.c:370
 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:220 [inline]
 slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1595 [inline]
 slab_free_freelist_hook+0xc5/0x190 mm/slub.c:1621
 slab_free mm/slub.c:3203 [inline]
 kmem_cache_free+0x100/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:3219
 kfree_skbmem+0x10c/0x180 net/core/skbuff.c:-1
 __kfree_skb net/core/skbuff.c:695 [inline]
 consume_skb+0xb3/0x1f0 net/core/skbuff.c:851
 netlink_broadcast_filtered+0x117d/0x1270 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1530
 netlink_broadcast net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1552 [inline]
 nlmsg_multicast include/net/netlink.h:1033 [inline]
 nlmsg_notify+0xed/0x1b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2546
 rtnl_notify+0x9a/0xc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:737
 rtmsg_fib+0x78d/0xd90 net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c:541
 fib_table_insert+0xac2/0x1bb0 net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1335
 fib_magic net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:1107 [inline]
 fib_add_ifaddr+0xb18/0xed0 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:1153
 fib_netdev_event+0x231/0x5d0 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:1491
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0x90/0x100 kernel/notifier.c:410
 call_netdevice_notifiers_info net/core/dev.c:2054 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2066 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2080 [inline]
 __dev_notify_flags+0x28f/0x500 net/core/dev.c:-1
 dev_change_flags+0xe8/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8610
 do_setlink+0xbb4/0x3ab0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:2732
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3410 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x1292/0x1640 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3530
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x9db/0xb90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5610
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e0/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2503
 rtnetlink_rcv+0x1c/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5628
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1314 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x876/0xa40 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1340
 netlink_sendmsg+0x88d/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1914
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:652 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:664 [inline]
 __sys_sendto+0x41d/0x580 net/socket.c:2006
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2018 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2014 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe5/0x100 net/socket.c:2014
 do_syscall_64+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xcb

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881119c5000
 which belongs to the cache skbuff_head_cache of size 248
The buggy address is located 3 bytes inside of
 248-byte region [ffff8881119c5000, ffff8881119c50f8)
The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea0004467140 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1119c5
flags: 0x4000000000000200(slab)
raw: 4000000000000200 ffffea0004467040 0000000200000002 ffff888107d94300
raw: 0000000000000000 00000000000c000c 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as allocated
page last allocated via order 0, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x12cc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY), pid 106, ts 7620133472, free_ts 0
 set_page_owner include/linux/page_owner.h:35 [inline]
 post_alloc_hook mm/page_alloc.c:2456 [inline]
 prep_new_page+0x179/0x180 mm/page_alloc.c:2462
 get_page_from_freelist+0x2235/0x23d0 mm/page_alloc.c:4254
 __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x268/0x5f0 mm/page_alloc.c:5370
 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:-1 [inline]
 allocate_slab mm/slub.c:1808 [inline]
 new_slab+0x84/0x3f0 mm/slub.c:1869
 new_slab_objects mm/slub.c:2627 [inline]
 ___slab_alloc+0x2a6/0x450 mm/slub.c:2791
 __slab_alloc+0x63/0xa0 mm/slub.c:2831
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:2913 [inline]
 slab_alloc mm/slub.c:2955 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc+0x1af/0x2e0 mm/slub.c:2960
 skb_clone+0x1e9/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1467
 do_one_broadcast net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1453 [inline]
 netlink_broadcast_filtered+0x695/0x1270 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1528
 netlink_broadcast+0x3a/0x50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1552
 uevent_net_broadcast_untagged lib/kobject_uevent.c:331 [inline]
 kobject_uevent_net_broadcast+0x3bd/0x5a0 lib/kobject_uevent.c:409
 kobject_uevent_env+0x52e/0x700 lib/kobject_uevent.c:608
 kobject_synth_uevent+0x520/0xaf0 lib/kobject_uevent.c:208
 uevent_store+0x25/0x60 drivers/base/core.c:2320
 dev_attr_store+0x5e/0x80 drivers/base/core.c:2018
 sysfs_kf_write+0x129/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:139
page_owner free stack trace missing

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff8881119c4f00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 ffff8881119c4f80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>ffff8881119c5000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
                   ^
 ffff8881119c5080: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc
 ffff8881119c5100: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb
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EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_readdir:263: inode #2: block 3: comm syz.0.17: path /0/file0: bad entry in directory: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=2047, inode=1723858944, rec_len=33041, size=2048 fake=0
EXT4-fs (loop0): Remounting filesystem read-only

Crashes (7):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/04 15:55 android13-5.10-lts dce613ec61e0 d291dd2d .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry
2025/08/19 10:16 android13-5.10-lts 1154f779f3f3 523f460e .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry
2025/04/02 14:12 android13-5.10-lts 094fc3778d6b c799dfdd .config console log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry
2025/04/02 07:54 android13-5.10-lts 094fc3778d6b c799dfdd .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (corrupt fs)] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry
2025/03/15 02:34 android13-5.10-lts fc9aa81462ee e2826670 .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro (clean fs)] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry
2025/01/19 17:50 android13-5.10-lts fbe98d68b6b3 f2cb035c .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry
2025/01/19 16:50 android13-5.10-lts fbe98d68b6b3 f2cb035c .config strace log report syz / log C [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] [mounted in repro] ci2-android-5-10 KASAN: use-after-free Read in __ext4_check_dir_entry
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.